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Employers have long complained that new entrants lack specific skills in numeracy and literacy, hence the need for this title. By setting the numeracy within the context of the industry, students are helped to see the relevance of the mathematics and the need to develop their skills. The book will cover: a positive and negative cash (Understand and use positive and negative numbers of any size in practical contexts) b money calculations (Carry out calculations with numbers of any size in practical contexts, to a given number of decimal places) c Costing labour as a proportion of an hour and Adding VAT/GST to a bill (Understand, use and calculate ratio and proportion, including problems involving scale) d Calculating fractions of quantities (Understand and use equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages) e Calculating wage rates using formulae (Understand and use simple formulae and equations involving one- or two-step operations) All of the work will be contextualised with the industry sector. There will also be screencast videos to support students. These videos will be licensed for use on the college intranet and in addition there will be extra support questions for those who need extra help. This is ideal for those in F.E. colleges who are studying to entre this vocational area. It will also support those who are apprentices who are learning at work. Lawler Education have a team of experts who have designed this book using the most effective learning procedures and have a track record of success.

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John Barnett is a teacher in F.E. He lives near Leicester with his wife and family and enjoys country walks in the Midlands with his dogs.

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